Posted on September 1, 2005 at 9:35 am by Jeff
Ford will extend its employee discount plan through the month of September. Ford sales chief Steve Lyons told Automotive News in an interview Wednesday that Ford will keep the discount on its 2005 models through Sept. 30. But it won’t add additional 2006 models to the program like General Motors did last week.
“Frankly, we’ve got to get on with launching our new cars,” said Lyons, Ford group vice president of marketing, sales and service. “So let’s go.”
Ford previously had committed to offering employee discounts only through Sept. 6. Ford already had included five 2006 nameplates in the program last month: the Escape and Expedition SUVs, E-series vans and wagons and F-250 and F-350 pickups. Those nameplates had early 2006 launches, and inventory of the 2005 models had been running low.
With the September extension, Lyons now says Ford will keep the employee discount on some of those 2006 models but will likely remove it from others. Those details are still being worked out, a spokesman said. But Sept. 30 will probably be the end for the employee discount program, Lyons said. “By then, we’ll be down sufficiently (on inventory), so we can just walk away,” he said. “I just think this is bad for business.”
Posted on May 25, 2005 at 10:59 am by Jeff
Ford F-150: The Top-Selling Vehicle of All Time Hits the Road Anew; Best Quality Ford Parts Offered
By Jenny McLane
For the company that sets the world standard and major innovations in car building, it is not surprising that Ford vehicles can generate car sales enough to shatter records after records. More than a century of marked excellence proved that any Ford vehicles to hit the road are built tough.
One of these is the Ford F150 that has been in the top of the list as the best-selling trucks in America for almost three decades. In 2003, the F150 sold 850,000 units in one year to become the best-selling vehicle overall for the past 22 years. Last year it sold its 912,000 unit for a single year to extend their winning streak topping its class for 28 straight years and to 23 years as the overall best-seller. This made the F-series the top-selling vehicle of all time with almost 30 million units sold crashing the records of the Ford Model T (15million units) and the Volkswagen Beetle (20million units).
The new F-150 is part truck, part barn, and part limousine that posses the best combination of safety, luxury, practicality, and use that makes it the American vehicle whether he lives in urban or in the farm. Its full-size body is capable of carrying the greatest load in its class and with 202-horsepower 4.2-liter V6 engine and optional 5-speed manual transmission for the 2005 model; it is the best hauling machine in terms of capability in its division.
Ford improves its design in 2005. It offers the widest variety of body trims: three cab choices, three box lengths two box styles, and five unique series: the entry level F-150 XL, F-150 STX, all-purpose F-150 XLT, the though F-150 FX4, and the stylish F-150 Lariat. The F-150 King Ranch is new for the 2005 series. All feature four doors for easy entry and exit.
The 2005 F150 is equipped with 4-pin trailer tow connector wiring, power 4-wheel vented disc with Anti-lock Brake System (ABS), cargo bed tie-downs, 4.2L EFI V6 with 5-speed manual transmission (Regular Cab 4×2 XL, STX, XLT). Meanwhile the 4.6L EFI V8 has 4-speed automatic transmission (Regular Cab 4×4; SuperCab XL, STX, XLT, SuperCrew XLT), Mechanical shift-on-the-fly, and more as standard features.
It night be an overstatement when we say that best-handling, quietest, most car-like full-size pick-up truck ever existed in the industry but it pays to prove for yourself what the Ford F-150 can offer.
Simply click on http://www.partstrain.com/ShopByVehicle/FORD/F150 and choose from its extensive stock of Ford body parts like fuel tanks, spoiler, radiator, electrical parts, engine parts, hood, hubcaps, condenser, bumper, catalytic converter, exhaust, fender, and grille. All are available to you in great discounts and wholesale deals at Partstrain.
Jenny McLane is a 36 year old native of Iowa and has a knack for research on cars and anything and everything about it. She works full time as a Market Analyst for one of the leading car parts suppliers in the country today.
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Posted on March 18, 2005 at 2:45 pm by Jeff
Having a pickup truck in our fleet means it’ll inevitably see hauling duty. During the past few months, several staffers have put it to the test, which makes us wonder: Why do manufacturers still offer pickup trucks with neither a plastic or spray-in bed liner as standard equipment? If the scratches in our Ford’s bed were the marks left from past battles, it’s been in a war. It looks about 20 years older than the rest of the truck. Bed aside, the rest of this well-used work machine looks as fresh as the day it left the factory, including its much-praised, upscale interior.
…full review: www.motortrend.com
